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Here at st. pauls, my nickname was blackbird. it was not meant as a compliment, and i was not very big, but you could beat me, but i would hurt you. you think im kidding, im not. but you know, its one of those things that i was fortunate, because the people i was surrounded by, our neighbors and scranton as well, that people stuck up for you. they stuck up for one another, and my mother used to say, and i never creditor, she said, remember joey, look at me, joey, you worry biden, like im a dupon...

Pennsylvania, of course, a place that is very dear to him. but this has been the struggle for the white house, which is that they want to be out there selling this bill because you have seen polling that shows people dont really see how it would affect them. theyre not really sure their lives would be better off if these two bills actually got passed. the white house is trying to work to combat that by having the president on the road selling it. but the issue is they dont exactly know whats goi...

Climate change. >> i think the thing i feel the best about is the progressive caucus had five priorities that we laid out five months ago and all of those five priorities are in this bill. >> reporter: the president is now on his way here to scranton to sell this bill, even though it still remains unfinished at this point. one other sticking point is trying to close a deal here is that senator sinema is still opposed to raising taxes on corporations and those high earners. of course thats a chie...

Hometown of scranton, pennsylvania, to sell his build back better agenda. his trip comes as more democrats strike a more optimistic tone theyre near the finish line and the weeks of intense negotiations on the massive spending bill could be coming to a conclusion. well talk to one lawmaker who was in the room for talks with the president. good afternoon from washington. im garret haake in for hallie jackson. and we start with that breaking news on the search for brian laundrie. nbcs dasha burn...

I made my own imo g. and that is me as a child. >> katie: you were drawing his remarks. >> dana: we gave it our best shot. >> jesse: that was not joe bidens best shot, think about it right now, dana, he is at his lowest point as presidency, multiple crisis, and cant handle anything, he is at the last two poles at 37%, his entire agenda is stalled with both houses in my control, we have to send him to scranton, his hometown, and instead of selling it hard, he does not even look at the teleprompte...

I started here in scranton. and i resolved to bring scranton values to bear, to make fundamental shift in how our economy works for working people. to build the economy from the ground up and the middle out. not from the top down. ive never known a time when the middle class has done well and the wealthy have not done very, very well. im here to talk about whats fundamentally at stake for the families and for our country. for most of the 20th century we led the world by a significant margin beca...

Were going to put hard-working americans on the job to bring our infrastructure up to speed. good union jobs. not $7 an hour or $15 an you can look at your family with pride. jobs that cant be outsourced. jobs replacing lead water pipes like you have here in the scranton area. kids getting brain damage because of the ingestion of lead. clean water all across america. were going to replace every lead pipe in the nation. again, creating jobs, but doing more than that. increasing the health and w...

Scranton, pennsylvania to talk up his build back better plan and a bipartisan infrastructure bill. and the presidents trip could not come at a more crucial point in the time to get the agenda over the finish line. there was a meeting on tuesday between moderates and progressives. mike memoli is in scranton ahead of the presidents visit. i also want to bring in donna et wards of montana. miss edwards is an nbc news analyst. always good to have you. mike, lets start with you in a city youve come t...

Money doesnt determine your worth. i learned -- he told me, and thats not a joke. those of you who know me, know it to be true is that no one in the world is more worthy than you, but everyone is your equal. everybody is your equal. my mom would remind me. she said, joey, this is the gods truth. remember you are defined by your courage and you are redeemed by your loyalty. defined by your courage and redeemed by your loyalty. and my dad, when things got tough in scranton, after the war, when the...